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“It’s concerning to me if there are issues — whether they’re personal issues — that get in the way of a . . . municipal government being able to do its business and being able to work in the best interests the city,” the premier said Tuesday at Queen’s Park.

While careful not to utter aloud the words “Ford” or “crack,” Wynne made it clear what she was talking about.

“When there is a distraction of a personal nature or a distraction that takes the council and the leadership away from . . . serving the interests of the city and getting the business of the city done then that’s a problem,” she said.

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“And so my hope is that they will be dealt with on a personal level and at a council level as quickly as possible.”

Wynne, who represents the Toronto riding of Don Valley West, stressed she is premier of all Ontario.

“It’s my responsibility as premier, as head of the provincial government, to work with municipal governments and whatever particular issues a particular mayor or particular councillor is dealing with they will need to deal with those in the best way possible,” she said.

“It is up to me to deal with the issues that arise in the most responsible way possible and I will do that.”

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